Packer plans to take the Vermin global. Following this tournament I understand they are playing Manchester United, then across the ditch to play Toulon, then onto a plane to play the New York Yankees, before breaking their journey home to contest the Hawaiian Iron Man.

As NRL premiers (*cough cough spew*) I can understand the Vermin being there this time around.....

The WCC has turned to crap, just like it did in 1997 with SL. I saw a number of those 1997 games when Adelaide played Leeds, Salford and Oldham. 1997 was a case of quantity and not quality. History is now repeating.

But it does help Manly in terms of 2015 premiership success. No eventless WCC games, no players selected for origin, and Manly players excusing themselves from 4 nations should ensure the team is fresh and firing at the business end of next year rather than tiring themselves in useless events.

Greenberg is such a rotten administrator I don't think even he knows what he is creating.